Bus driver
Signature Charters
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Provide sightseeing information
- Provide passengers with information on fares, schedules and stops
- Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents
- Load and unload vehicle
- Direct passengers during emergency evacuation procedures
- Ensure para-transit passengers board vehicle safely
- Deal with public
- Complete logbooks and reports
- Deal with difficult passengers and resolve conflicts
- Communicate with passengers, dispatchers or other drivers using two-way radio systems
- Maintain control of student activities during travel to prevent distractions or behaviours that could compromise safety
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Driver’s Licence (Class 2 or B or C)
Experience and specialization
Type of experience
- Buses
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Transportation/travel information
- Driver’s abstract
- Valid driver’s licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Willing to travel
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Overtime required
- Sitting
- Sound discrimination
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities